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But they understood the reason, 

 And they all were sorry for him, 

 'Cause he was of sucli a fatness — 

 'Cause his fatness grew upon him." 

 Then came " Bugfliwatha," which appeared in the pages of 

 "The Substitute,'' and following it came some similar poetic at- 

 tempts, which have now been amplitied and consolidated into 

 " The Insect Hunters," from which we quote a few paragraphs. 

 " And if further you should ask me, 

 Saying, ' Who, then, is this Douglas ? 

 Who this great and learned Douglas ? 

 Tell us all about this Douglas, 1 

 I should answer your inquiries, 

 Straightway in the words which follow : 



' Very near the Blackheath Station, 

 Station of the North Kent Railway, 

 In a lonely place called Kingswood, 

 Dwells the wise and learned Douglas ; 

 There he wrote " The World of Insects ;" 

 And before the honoured dwelling 

 Stands a single graceful birch tree, 



And a somewhat stunted willow.' 



***** 



" First, the Craneflies, Tipulina, 



Daddylonglegs, Tipulina ; 



With a head so long and narrow ; 



Thorax thick, and body slender, 



Never nipped in at the middle ; 



Legs beyond all reason lengthy ; 



Flight both weak and very flagging. 



Larvae fat and ugly maggots, 



Living in the earth, and feeding 



On the roots of plants and herbage, 



Also on decaying timber. 



Pupa without any shell-case, 



Breathing through two horns porrected." 

 • The above specimens will show both the comic and poetic vein 

 that runs through "The Insect-Hunters," and we fancy most who 

 read it will regret that the " Poem" is not longer. 



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